Does money make you mean?

What do you think, does money make you mean? Paul Smeets, Associate Professor in Finance at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, investigated the influence of money on prosocial behaviour over the last few years.

Traditionally finance researchers have only focused on how to behaveto earn more money. Paul flipped this question around and asked: Does having more money influence your behaviour?

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